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[Zach6668]

Pro-Line can't be compared here.They give awful odds on parlays. If they offered single game bets, I'm sure they'd take 40% juice on those too, and I guess the EV would be the same, if that's what Danny is saying. The parlay makes them more able to hide the juice than if they had two evenly matched teams on a single game bet and both were paying -140, lol.I guess parlays are like running it twice in poker. EV remains the same, but running it twice reduces variance. Well, kinda opposite but similar to this, I guess.

[mrdannyg]

Zach6668, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 12:53 PM, said:

Pro-Line can't be compared here.They give awful odds on parlays. If they offered single game bets, I'm sure they'd take 40% juice on those too, and I guess the EV would be the same, if that's what Danny is saying. The parlay makes them more able to hide the juice than if they had two evenly matched teams on a single game bet and both were paying -140, lol.I guess parlays are like running it twice in poker. EV remains the same, but running it twice reduces variance. Well, kinda opposite but similar to this, I guess.

Exactly.So, is High Stakes Poker season 5 worth watching, or not as good as the first couple?

[Zach6668]

mrdannyg, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 11:56 AM, said:

Exactly.So, is High Stakes Poker season 5 worth watching, or not as good as the first couple?

I heard it was good, but I don't watch poker.

[serge]

mrdannyg, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 8:56 AM, said:

Exactly.So, is High Stakes Poker season 5 worth watching, or not as good as the first couple?

i think its entertaining..Pretty standard how bad some of the play is....Dwan runs like god and draws out every hand it seems..And Ivey reads your souls, soul even..Daniel is better this year, but even by his own admission he is outclassed at times...

[Ottawa_Biatch]

I dunno, I still think parlays are sucker bets, so yes that makes me a sucker

[MapleLeafpoker]

Ottawa_Biatch, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 1:14 PM, said:

I dunno, I still think parlays are sucker bets, so yes that makes me a sucker

me too.And I watch HSP fairly often, and I think this is a pretty decent season. Im getting a little tired of the same old, but not enough to stop watching.

[Ottawa_Biatch]

MapleLeafpoker, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 1:19 PM, said:

me too.And I watch HSP fairly often, and I think this is a pretty decent season. Im getting a little tired of the same old, but not enough to stop watching.

you and I are like a bookmark.We're always on the same page

[MapleLeafpoker]

Ottawa_Biatch, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 1:24 PM, said:

you and I are like a bookmark.We're always on the same page

this makes me happy.ps- I am strongly considering throwing all my devotion over to the ASDFJKL in the finals for the FCHL championships.

[Ottawa_Biatch]

That would complete me

[serge]

Ottawa_Biatch, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 10:35 AM, said:

That would complete me

please start a ticker thread so we can follow and cheer you on.

[Ottawa_Biatch]

Will do, starts sat

[wsox8]

mrdannyg, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 10:56 AM, said:

Exactly.So, is High Stakes Poker season 5 worth watching, or not as good as the first couple?

it would be a lot better if it wasn't just Gabe in the booth talking to himself. It's awkward

[serge]

wsox8, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 10:45 AM, said:

it would be a lot better if it wasn't just Gabe in the booth talking to himself. It's awkward

i totally agree...While i wasnt a huge fan of AJ, you need a straight man in the booth to bounce off his jokes from..His analysis is pretty good though.

[Ottawa_Biatch]

Bet 19Risk $30Tennessee (moneyline) +180 over Ohio St.

[Ottawa_Biatch]

So I lost my parlay (because it was a flucking donkey bet), but won my moneyline bet, so I actually made about $20. Here is the kicker tho......Ohio St. was up during part of the 2nd half by like 10, and I knew my over/under bet was screwed, so I went on tilt. And figured I had to make back my $130 tonight, so I went on tilt, yes tilt. Tilt is when you act like a flucking idiot. And I put a huge bet in that I totally regret, and now find myself sweating a stupid match. Because if I knew I would have won the moneyline bet, I would have never placed this bet. Yes, I know it is a flucking stupid bet, but here it is.....Bet 20Risk $600 (-400) to win $150Canada to beat GermanyWomens CurlingGame time: TSN 10pm EST. FLUCK ME

[serge]

Ottawa_Biatch, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 6:22 PM, said:

So I lost my parlay (because it was a flucking donkey bet), but won my moneyline bet, so I actually made about $20. Here is the kicker tho......Ohio St. was up during part of the 2nd half by like 10, and I knew my over/under bet was screwed, so I went on tilt. And figured I had to make back my $130 tonight, so I went on tilt, yes tilt. Tilt is when you act like a flucking idiot. And I put a huge bet in that I totally regret, and now find myself sweating a stupid match. Because if I knew I would have won the moneyline bet, I would have never placed this bet. Yes, I know it is a flucking stupid bet, but here it is.....Bet 20Risk $600 (-400) to win $150Canada to beat GermanyWomens CurlingGame time: TSN 10pm EST. FLUCK ME

Thats more like it...$500 bets and over..FTW

[Zach6668]

Well, I know what I'll be watching tonight, lol.

[mrdannyg]

Zach6668, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 11:18 PM, said:

Well, I know what I'll be watching tonight, lol.

2nded. Since you picked a game I can watch, you get all my karma. Which is a lot, since I don't really gamble anymore, and I'm an awesome person, I have lots of extra karma. Plus, I've been really outgoingly nice to people who deserved it this week...I'm putting that karma towards a Germany loss.I have a plan. We all put in, say $20. Then Biatch bets it however the hell he wants. The only stipulation is that the game has to be televised or available on adthe. We each get a share, and we can pull out the share whenever we want.So...10 people put in $20. Anytime they want, they can pull out 1/10. Hell, we could've even go more. Say, sell a share for $20...people can buy as many as they want, buy in and out whenever.Obviously, ridiculous tilt bets would be encouraged.

[troyomac]

I love Dan because he is one crazy ass biatch!

[Ottawa_Biatch]

mrdannyg, on Friday, March 26th, 2010, 10:43 PM, said:

2nded. Since you picked a game I can watch, you get all my karma. Which is a lot, since I don't really gamble anymore, and I'm an awesome person, I have lots of extra karma. Plus, I've been really outgoingly nice to people who deserved it this week...I'm putting that karma towards a Germany loss.I have a plan. We all put in, say $20. Then Biatch bets it however the hell he wants. The only stipulation is that the game has to be televised or available on adthe. We each get a share, and we can pull out the share whenever we want.So...10 people put in $20. Anytime they want, they can pull out 1/10. Hell, we could've even go more. Say, sell a share for $20...people can buy as many as they want, buy in and out whenever.Obviously, ridiculous tilt bets would be encouraged.

I like the idea, but I'm against it. I just think it'll be too much of a headache. There's no way Canada should be -400 in this game imo, they should be more like -300 or -200. The Germans are pretty good.